Hal Lawrence (1920–1994)
Författare till A Bloody War: One Man's Memories of the Canadian Navy, 1939-1945
Om författaren
Foto taget av: thebattleofatlanticmuseum.ca
Verk av Hal Lawrence
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Lawrence, Harold Ernest Thomas
- Födelsedag
- 1920
- Avled
- 1994-04-11
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
Canada - Födelseort
- Chatham, Kent, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Bostadsorter
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Yrken
- Naval officer
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 78
- Popularitet
- #229,022
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 3
- ISBN
- 9
This an amazingly honest and forthright description of life in a small ship constantly under threat of attack. Fellow seamen and officers are named even if the stories are not necessarily complimentary. His ship was at D-Day and his description of the actions he participated in present a different view of that battle then the ones one usually reads.
First rate narrative of the Canadian Navy's contribution to the war effort.… (mer)